This paper describes the second year of the Success for All program, which tries to assure that each student in an inner-city school succeeds in acquiring basic skills in the early grades. The program was first implemented in the 1987-88 school year in Abbottson Elementary School in Baltimore. First year results revealed substantially higher student performance in language and reading, and substantially reduced student retention and placement in special classes in comparison with a matched school. This paper adds four major sets of findings to the earlier study. The discussion covers: (1) results of the second year of program implementation at the pilot school; (2) the evaluation of a replication of Success for All in its fully funded form in one of the poorest elementary schools in Baltimore; (3) the evaluation of a form of Success for All designed to be implemented under Chapter 1 schoolwide funds with relatively minor additional costs; and (4) the evaluation of the beginning reading component of the program. Sections of the document detail program elements, variations, evaluation design, and results. Findings imply that the insuring of kindergarten children's success at school may almost eliminate the need for retention in grade and placement in special classes. (RH)